2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida

The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida were held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, to elect the 27 U.S. representatives from the state of Florida, one from each of the state's 27 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including President of the United States.

2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida

← 2014 November 8, 2016 (2016-11-08) 2018 →
All 27 Florida seats to the United States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Last election 17 10 Seats won 16 11 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 4,733,630 3,985,050 Percentage 54.71% 45.21% Swing 1.31% 1.23%
Results by district Results by county Republican   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90% Democratic   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   90–100%

A lawsuit challenging the districts under Florida's Congressional District Boundaries Amendment (Fair Districts Amendment) was filed in 2012 and was resolved in 2015. The results of the lawsuit had major repercussions on the congressional races in Florida in 2016. The primaries were held on August 30.

Redistricting lawsuit

This image shows the 2016-2020 court-ordered FL Congressional districts.^[1]

In 2014, Circuit Court Judge Terry Lewis threw out the congressional map for violating Florida's 2010 Amendment 6 to the state Constitution, commonly called the Fair Districts Amendment.^[2] The ruling specifically applied to FL-5 and FL-10. Subsequent rulings by higher courts and concluding in the Supreme Court of Florida also struck down FL-13, FL-21, FL-22 and FL-26, which also necessitated redraws of varying scale to the districts surrounding them.^[3]

Results summary

Statewide

Party		Candidates	Votes		Seats
			No.	%	No.	+/–	%
	Republican	26	4,733,630	54.71%	16	1	59.26%
	Democratic	27	3,985,050	45.21%	11	1	40.74%
	Independent	10	109,166	1.24%	0		0.00%
	Libertarian	1	9,395	0.11%	0		0.00%
	Write-in	6	185	0.00%	0		0.00%
Total			8,837,426	100.0%	27		100.0%

District

Results of the 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida by district:

District	Republican		Democratic		Others		Total		Result
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
District 1	255,107	69.10%	114,079	30.90%	0	0.00%	369,186	100.0%	Republican hold
District 2	231,163	67.32%	102,801	29.94%	9,398	2.74%	343,362	100.0%	Republican gain
District 3	193,843	56.56%	136,338	39.78%	12,519	3.65%	342,700	100.0%	Republican hold
District 4	287,509	70.18%	113,088	27.61%	9,065	2.21%	409,662	100.0%	Republican hold
District 5	108,325	35.77%	194,549	64.23%	0	0.00%	302,874	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 6	213,519	58.57%	151,051	41.43%	0	0.00%	364,570	100.0%	Republican hold
District 7	171,583	48.52%	182,039	51.47%	33	0.01%	353,655	100.0%	Democratic gain
District 8	246,483	63.11%	127,127	32.55%	16,951	4.34%	390,561	100.0%	Republican hold
District 9	144,450	42.52%	195,311	57.48%	0	0.00%	339,761	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 10	107,498	35.13%	198,491	64.87%	0	0.00%	305,989	100.0%	Democratic gain
District 11	258,016	65.37%	124,713	31.60%	11,990	3.04%	394,719	100.0%	Republican hold
District 12	253,559	68.59%	116,110	31.41%	0	0.00%	369,669	100.0%	Republican hold
District 13	171,149	48.10%	184,693	51.90%	0	0.00%	355,842	100.0%	Democratic gain
District 14	121,088	38.21%	195,789	61.79%	0	0.00%	316,877	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 15	182,999	57.46%	135,475	42.54%	0	0.00%	318,474	100.0%	Republican hold
District 16	230,654	59.77%	155,262	40.23%	0	0.00%	385,916	100.0%	Republican hold
District 17	209,348	61.81%	115,974	34.24%	13,353	3.94%	338,675	100.0%	Republican hold
District 18	201,488	53.60%	161,918	43.07%	12,503	3.33%	375,927	100.0%	Republican gain
District 19	239,225	65.87%	123,812	34.09%	129	0.04%	363,166	100.0%	Republican hold
District 20	54,646	19.69%	222,914	80.31%	0	0.00%	277,560	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 21	118,038	35.14%	210,606	62.71%	7,217	2.15%	335,861	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 22	138,737	41.06%	199,113	58.94%	0	0.00%	337,850	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 23	130,818	40.49%	183,225	56.70%	9,077	2.81%	323,120	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 24	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Democratic hold
District 25	157,921	62.36%	95,319	37.64%	0	0.00%	253,240	100.0%	Republican hold
District 26	148,547	52.95%	115,493	41.17%	16,502	5.88%	280,542	100.0%	Republican hold
District 27	157,917	56.29%	129,760	46.25%	0	0.00%	280,542	100.0%	Republican hold
Total	4,733,630	53.61%	3,985,050	45.13%	118,737	1.34%	8,837,426	100.0%

District 1

2016 Florida's 1st congressional district election

← 2014 2018 →

Nominee Matt Gaetz Stephen Specht Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 255,107 114,079 Percentage 69.1% 30.9%

County results Gaetz:      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

U.S. Representative before election Jeff Miller Republican Elected U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz Republican

See also: Florida's 1st congressional district

Republican Jeff Miller had represented the district since being elected in 2001. He considered running for the U.S. Senate.^[4] On July 30, 2015, Miller decided not to run for the open Senate seat and announced he would run for reelection.^[5] In March 2016, Miller announced he would not run for reelection.^[6]

Republican primary

State Senator Greg Evers had expressed his interest in running for this seat if Miller had run for the Senate.^[7][8]

Candidates

Nominee

• Matt Gaetz, state representative^[9]

Eliminated in primary

• Rebekah Johansen Bydlak, activist^[10]
• Cris Dosev, retired U.S. Marine officer and real estate developer^[9]
• Greg Evers, state senator^[11]
• Brian Frazier, retired U.S. Navy officer^[12]
• Rich Gazlay, businessman^[13]
• Mark Wichern, business consultant^[9]
• James Zumwalt, retired U.S. Navy officer and grandson of Elmo Zumwalt^[13]

Withdrawn

• Gary Fairchild
• John Mills, retired U.S. Navy pilot^[13]

Declined

• Jeff Miller, incumbent U.S. Representative

Endorsements

Rebekah Johansen Bydlak

U.S. Representatives

• Ron Paul, former U.S. Representative and candidate for President in 2008 and 2012^[14]

Organizations

• Republican Liberty Caucus^[15]

Cris Dosev

Organizations

• Combat Veterans for Congress^[16]
• Eagle Forum^[17]
• Special Operations Speaks^[18]

Individuals

• James T. Conway, former Commandant of the Marine Corps^[19]
• Phyllis Schlafly^[17]

Matt Gaetz

Statewide officials

• Mike Huckabee, former Governor of Arkansas and presidential candidate^[20]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Cris Dosev	Greg Evers	Brian Fraizer	Matt Gaetz	Mark Wichern	Undecided
Citizens for a Just Government[21]	March 24–25, 2016	436	± 4.3%	1%	23%	3%	13%	1%	58%
				—	25%	—	15%	—	60%

Results

In the August 30 primary, Matt Gaetz defeated his six rivals for the nomination.^[22]

Republican primary results^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Matt Gaetz	35,689	36.1
	Republican	Greg Evers	21,540	21.8
	Republican	Cris Dosev	20,610	20.9
	Republican	Rebekah Johansen Bydlak	7,689	7.8
	Republican	James Zumwalt	7,660	7.7
	Republican	Brian Frazier	3,817	3.9
	Republican	Mark Wichern	1,798	1.8
Total votes			98,803	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Steven Specht, law student and former air force intelligence officer,^[24] ran unopposed on primary day.^[25]

Withdrawn

• Amanda Kondrat'yev, Public Relations Officer at the University of West Florida^[9]

General election

Results

Florida’s 1st congressional district, 2016 ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Matt Gaetz	255,107	69.1
	Democratic	Steven Specht	114,079	30.9
Total votes			369,186	100.0
	Republican hold

District 2

2016 Florida's 2nd congressional district election

← 2014 2018 →

Nominee Neal Dunn Walter Dartland Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 231,163 102,801 Percentage 67.3% 30.0%

County results Dunn:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

U.S. Representative before election Gwen Graham Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Neal Dunn Republican

See also: Florida's 2nd congressional district

Redistricting significantly altered the 2nd, mainly by shifting most of Tallahassee's African American residents to the 5th District. On paper, this made the 2nd heavily Republican. Democrat Gwen Graham represented the district for one term after being elected in 2014, when she beat Republican incumbent Steve Southerland. She did not run for re-election.^[27]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Walter Dartland, former deputy attorney general^[28]

Eliminated in primary

• Steve Crapps, tree farmer^[29]

Declined

• Gwen Graham, incumbent U.S. Representative
• Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda, state representative^[28]

Results

The primary results were too close to call as of September 1, 2016.^[25]

Democratic primary results ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Walter Dartland	30,115	50.1
	Democratic	Steve Crapps	29,982	49.9
Total votes			60,097	100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Neal Dunn, urologist^[30]

Eliminated in primary

• Ken Sukhia, former United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida^[31]
• Mary Thomas, general counsel for the Florida Department of Elder Affairs^[32]

Withdrawn

• Jeff Moran, custom car business owner and retired police officer^[33][34]

Declined

• Marti Coley, state representative^[35]
• Matt Gaetz, state representative (running for FL-01)^[35][9]
• Steve Southerland, former U.S. Representative^[36]
• Pete Williams, attorney, former statewide prosecutor, and nominee for Leon County State Attorney in 2012^[37][38]

Endorsements

Neal Dunn

U.S. Representatives

• Steve Southerland, former U.S. Representative^[39]

State legislators

• Dennis K. Baxley, state representative^[39]
• Allan Bense, former Speaker^[39]
• Don Gaetz, former Senate President^[39]
• Elizabeth W. Porter, state representative^[39]
• Jay Trumbull, state representative^[39]
• Will Weatherford, former Speaker^[39]

Ken Sukhia

U.S. Senators

• Jeff Sessions, current U.S. Senator from Alabama^[40]

U.S. Representatives

• Bill Grant, former U.S. Representative and nominee for U.S. Senate in 1992^[41]

Mary Thomas

State legislators

• Mike Hill, state representative^[42]
• Jimmie Todd Smith, state representative^[42]
• Charlie Stone, state representative^[42]
• Charles Van Zant, state representative^[42]

Organizations

• Asian American Hotel Owners Association^[42]
• Club for Growth^[42]
• Maggie's List^[42]
• Senate Conservatives Fund^[42]
• Tea Party Express^[42]

Results

Dunn won the primary on August 30, 2016.^[25]

Republican primary results ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Neal Dunn	33,886	41.4
	Republican	Mary Thomas	32,178	39.3
	Republican	Ken Sukhia	15,826	19.3
Total votes			81,890	100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Rob Lapham, retired IT executive^[43]

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[44]	Likely R (flip)	November 7, 2016
Daily Kos Elections[45]	Safe R (flip)	November 7, 2016
Rothenberg[46]	Safe R (flip)	November 3, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball[47]	Safe R (flip)	November 7, 2016
RCP[48]	Likely R (flip)	October 31, 2016

Results

Florida’s 2nd congressional district, 2016 ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Neal Dunn	231,163	67.3
	Democratic	Walter Dartland	102,801	30.0
	Libertarian	Rob Lapham	9,395	2.7
	Independent	Angela Marie Walls-Windhauser (write-in)	3	0.0
Total votes			343,362	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 3

2016 Florida's 3rd congressional district election

← 2014 2018 →

Nominee Ted Yoho Ken McGurn Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 193,843 136,338 Percentage 56.6% 39.8%

County results Yoho:      50–60%      70–80% McGurn:      50–60%

U.S. Representative before election Ted Yoho Republican Elected U.S. Representative Ted Yoho Republican

See also: Florida's 3rd congressional district

Republican Ted Yoho had represented the district since being elected in 2012, and ran unopposed. Businessman Ken McGurn also ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination.^[49]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Ted Yoho, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary

Nominee

• Ed Emery, retired federal probation officer^[50]

General election

Results

Florida’s 3rd congressional district, 2016 ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ted Yoho (incumbent)	193,843	56.6
	Democratic	Ken McGurn	136,338	39.8
	Independent	Tom Wells	12,519	3.6
Total votes			342,700	100.0
	Republican hold

District 4

2016 Florida's 4th congressional district election

← 2014 2018 →

Nominee John Rutherford David E. Bruderly Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 287,509 113,088 Percentage 70.2% 27.2%

County results Rutherford:      60–70%      70–80%

U.S. Representative before election Ander Crenshaw Republican Elected U.S. Representative John Rutherford Republican

See also: Florida's 3rd congressional district

Republican Ander Crenshaw had represented the district since being elected in 2000. On April 14, 2016, he announced that he would not run for re-election.^[51]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• John Rutherford, former sheriff of Jacksonville^[52]

Eliminated in primary

• Stephen Kaufman, public relations manager^[53]
• Ed Malin^[53]
• Bill McClure, St. John's County commissioner^[54]
• Deborah Katz Pueschel, perennial candidate^[54]
• Lake Ray, state representative^[54]
• Hans Tanzler III, former US assistant attorney, attorney, farmer, and son of former mayor of Jacksonville Hans Tanzler^[53]

Declined

• Aaron Bean, State Senator^[52]
• Richard Clark, former Jacksonville City councilmember^[52]
• Michael Corrigan, Jacksonville Tax Collector^[52]
• Ander Crenshaw, incumbent U.S. Representative
• Lenny Curry, Mayor of Jacksonville^[55]
• Jay Fant, State Representative^[52]
• Jerry Holland, Duval County Property Appraiser^[52]
• Mike Holland, Jacksonville Supervisor of Elections^[52]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Jay Fant	Stephen Kaufman	Ed Malin	Bill McClure	Deborah Katz Pueschel	Lake Ray	John Rutherford	Hans Tanzler	Undecided
University of North Florida[56]	August 4–8, 2016	600	± 4%	—	2%	3%	5%	<1%	10%	31%	13%	38%
University of North Florida[57]	June 28–29, 2016	403	± 4.9%	—	<1%	<1%	2%	2%	9%	27%	13%	46%
St.Pete Polls[58]	April 19, 2016	440	± 4.7%	6%	—	—	—	—	13%	49%	—	32%

Results

John Rutherford won the primary on August 30, 2016.^[25]

Republican primary results^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Rutherford	38,784	38.7
	Republican	Lake Ray	20,164	20.1
	Republican	Hans Tanzler	19,051	19.0
	Republican	Bill McClure	9,867	9.8
	Republican	Edward "Ed" Malin	7,895	7.9
	Republican	Stephen J. Kaufman	2,419	2.4
	Republican	Deborah Katz Pueschel	2,145	2.1
Total votes			100,325	100.0

Democratic primary

Former Jacksonville City Councilman and former state representative Eric Smith announced that he would run for the Democratic nomination.^[59] On June 22, 2016, Smith announced that he was withdrawing from the race, leaving no Democratic candidates two days before the close of filing.^[60]

Dave Bruderly, an environmental engineer who was the nominee for Florida's 6th congressional district in 2004 and 2006, qualified on the last day of filing,^[61] and thus ran unopposed.^[25]

Candidates

Nominee

• Dave Bruderly, environmental engineer and nominee for Florida's 6th congressional district in 2004 & 2006

Withdrawn

• Eric B. Smith, former state representative

General election

Results

Florida’s 4th congressional district, 2016 ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Rutherford	287,509	70.2
	Democratic	David E. Bruderly	113,088	27.6
	Independent	Gary L. Koniz	9,054	2.2
	Independent	Daniel Murphy (write-in)	11	0.0
Total votes			409,662	100.0
	Republican hold

District 5

2016 Florida's 5th congressional district election

← 2014 2018 →

Nominee Al Lawson Glo Smith Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 194,549 108,325 Percentage 64.2% 35.8%

County results Lawson:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Smith:      50–60%      70–80%

U.S. Representative before election Corrine Brown Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Al Lawson Democratic

See also: Florida's 5th congressional district

Democrat Corrine Brown had represented the district and its various permutations since 1993. The court-ordered redistricting significantly altered her district. She had previously represented a district stretching from Jacksonville to Orlando. The new map pushed the 5th well to the north and west, and made it a more compact district stretching from Tallahassee to Jacksonville.

Democratic primary

In July 2016, Brown and her chief of staff were indicted on charges of fraud.^[62]

Candidates

Nominee

• Al Lawson, state senator, nominee for this seat in 2012 and candidate in 2010^[63]

Eliminated in primary

• Corrine Brown, incumbent U.S. Representative^[64]
• LJ Holloway^[65]

Declined

• Alvin Brown, former Mayor of Jacksonville^[66]
• Audrey Gibson, state senator^[66]
• Andrew Gillum, Mayor of Tallahassee^[67][68]
• Tony Hill, former state senator^[66]
• Mia Jones, State Representative^[66]

Debate

2016 Florida's 5th congressional district democratic primary debate

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Democratic	Democratic	Democratic
Key:  P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Corrine Brown	LaShonda Holloway	Al Lawson
1		WJXT	Kent Justice	[69]	P	P	P

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Corrine Brown	LJ Holloway	Al Lawson	Undecided
University of North Florida[70]	June 27–28, 2016	400	± 4.9%	30%	4%	27%	40%
St. Pete Polls[71]	April 25, 2016	524	± 4.3%	42%	—	37%	21%

Results

In the Democratic primary—the real contest in this district—she was defeated by former state senator Al Lawson of Tallahassee.^[72]

Democratic primary results^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Al Lawson	39,306	47.6
	Democratic	Corrine Brown (incumbent)	32,235	39.0
	Democratic	LaShonda "L.J." Holloway	11,048	13.4
Total votes			82,589	100.0

Republican primary

2014 Republican nominee Glo Smith and 2014 Republican candidate Thuy Lowe initially both ran again.^[73][74] Lowe later switched from this district to a campaign for the 10th district.^[75] Hence Scurry-Smith ran unopposed on primary day, August 30, 2016.^[25]

Candidates

Nominee

• Gloreatha Scurry-Smith, businesswoman, former staff aide to Jennifer Carroll and nominee for this seat in 2014

Withdrawn

• Thuy Lowe, candidate for this seat in 2014

General election

Results

Florida’s 5th congressional district, 2016 ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Al Lawson	194,549	64.2
	Republican	Glo Smith	108,325	35.8
Total votes			302,874	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 6

2016 Florida's 6th congressional district election

← 2014 2018 →

Nominee Ron DeSantis Bill McCollough Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 213,519 151,051 Percentage 58.6% 41.4%

County results DeSantis:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. Representative before election Ron DeSantis Republican Elected U.S. Representative Ron DeSantis Republican

See also: Florida's 6th congressional district

Republican Ron DeSantis had represented the district since being elected in 2012. DeSantis ran for the U.S. Senate, initially creating an open seat, although on June 22, 2016, he withdrew from the Senate race to run for re-election to the House.^[76][77]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Ron DeSantis, incumbent U.S. Representative^[76][77]

Eliminated in primary

• Fred Costello, state representative^[78][79]
• G.G. Galloway, real estate broker^[80][81]

Withdrawn

• Sandy Adams, former U.S. Representative^[82]
• Malcolm Anthony, attorney^[83][84]
• Adam Barringer, former mayor of New Smyrna Beach^[85][86][87]
• James Jusick, gun-parts manufacturer and retired police officer^[88][89][90]
• Ric Keller, former U.S. Representative^[90][91][92]
• Pat Mooney, direct-mail consultant and brother of Congressman Alex Mooney^[93][94]
• Brandon Patty, political consultant^[95][96]
• David Santiago, state representative (running for re-election)^[86][97][98]

Declined

• Dorothy Hukill, state senator^[99]
• Travis Hutson, state senator^[99][100]
• Mark Miner, former St. Johns County Commissioner^[80][101]
• Doc Renuart, former state representative^[99]
• John Rutherford, Duval County Sheriff^{[80][102][103]}

Endorsements

Fred Costello

U.S. Representatives

• Sandy Adams, former U.S. Representative^[104]

Ron DeSantis

Organizations

• Club for Growth^[105]

G.G. Galloway

Organizations

• National Association of Realtors^[106]

Sandy Adams (withdrawn)

U.S. Representatives

• Jason Chaffetz, U.S. Representative^[82]

State legislators

• Fred Costello, state representative^[107]

Adam Barringer (withdrawn)

Local officials

• Bob Apgar, Mayor of DeLand^[106]
• Tom Laputka, Mayor of Orange City^[106]
• John Masiarczyk, Mayor of Deltona^[106]

Pat Mooney (withdrawn)

Organizations

• Citizens United^[108]

Local officials

• Joe Arpaio, Sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona^[109]

Brandon Patty (withdrawn)

State legislators

• Aaron Bean, state senator^[110]
• Rob Bradley, state senator^[110]
• Travis Hutson, state senator^[110]

Results

Republican primary results ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron DeSantis (incumbent)	41,311	61.0
	Republican	Fred Costello	16,690	24.7
	Republican	G.G. Galloway	9,683	14.3
Total votes			67,684	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Bill McCullough, businessman^[111]

Eliminated in primary

• Jay McGovern, US Navy veteran^[111]
• George Pappas, attorney^[112]
• Dwayne Taylor, state representative^[113]

Results

Democratic primary results ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill McCullough	16,043	36.7
	Democratic	Dwayne Taylor	12,625	28.8
	Democratic	Jay McGovern	8,388	19.1
	Democratic	George Pappas	6,762	15.4
Total votes			43,818	100.0

General election

Results

Florida’s 6th congressional district, 2016^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron DeSantis (incumbent)	213,519	58.6
	Democratic	Bill McCullough	151,051	41.4
Total votes			364,570	100.0
	Republican hold

District 7

2016 Florida's 7th congressional district election

← 2014 2018 →

Nominee Stephanie Murphy John Mica Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 182,039 171,583 Percentage 51.5% 48.5%

County results Murphy:      50–60% Mica:      50–60%

U.S. Representative before election John Mica Republican Elected U.S. Representative Stephanie Murphy Democratic

See also: Florida's 7th congressional district

Republican John Mica had represented the 7th District since 1992. However, since the Florida Supreme Court's 2015 redistricting decision, Florida's 7th District now includes all of Seminole County and northern Orange County, including downtown Orlando, Winter Park, and the main campus of the University of Central Florida. In 2012, when Mica ran for re-election, he won with 59% of the vote, his smallest margin of victory in twenty years.

Republican primary

Mica ran for re-election and wound up only facing Mark Busch in the primary election after John Morning ended his campaign in November 2015.^[114][115]

Candidates

Nominee

• John Mica, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Mark Busch, small business owner

Withdrawn

• John Morning, army veteran^[116][117]

Results

Republican primary results ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Mica (incumbent)	38,528	77.2
	Republican	Mark Busch	11,407	22.8
Total votes			49,935	100.0

Democratic primary

Banker Bill Phillips announced a run for the seat on October 19, 2015,^[118] but suspended his campaign in February 2016, and ended it in April.^[119]

Stephanie Murphy, a businesswoman, Rollins College professor and former U.S. Defense Department national security specialist, entered the race on June 23, 2016, and ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination.^[120][121]

Candidates

Nominee

• Stephanie Murphy, businesswoman, Rollins College professor and former U.S. Defense Department national security specialist

Withdrawn

• Bill Phillips, banker

General election

Endorsements

Stephanie Murphy (D)

U.S. Executive Branch officials

• Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States (2009–2017)^[122]

U.S. Representatives

• Gabby Giffords, U.S. Representatives (AZ-08)^[123]

Organizations

• Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee "Red to Blue" Program^[124]
• EMILY's List^[121]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[44]	Tossup	November 7, 2016
Daily Kos Elections[45]	Tossup	November 7, 2016
Rothenberg[46]	Tilt D (flip)	November 3, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball[47]	Lean D (flip)	November 7, 2016
RCP[48]	Tossup	October 31, 2016

Results

Florida’s 7th congressional district, 2016 ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stephanie Murphy	182,039	51.5
	Republican	John Mica (incumbent)	171,583	48.5
	Independent	Mike Plaskon (write-in)	33	0.0
Total votes			353,655	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 8

2016 Florida's 8th congressional district election

← 2014 2018 →

Nominee Bill Posey Corry Westbrook Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 246,483 127,127 Percentage 63.1% 32.6%

County results Posey:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. Representative before election Bill Posey Republican Elected U.S. Representative Bill Posey Republican

See also: Florida's 8th congressional district

Republican Bill Posey had represented the district since being elected in 2012. He previously represented the 15th district from 2009 to 2013, prior to the decennial redistricting. He ran for re-election.^[125]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Bill Posey, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Corry Westbrook, former legislative director of the National Wildlife Federation^[126]

General election

Results

Florida’s 8th congressional district, 2016 ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Posey (incumbent)	246,483	63.1
	Democratic	Corry Westbrook	127,127	32.6
	Independent	Bill Stinson	16,951	4.3
Total votes			390,561	100.0
	Republican hold

District 9

2016 Florida's 9th congressional district election

← 2014 2018 →

Nominee Darren Soto Wayne Liebnitzky Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 195,311 144,450 Percentage 57.5% 42.5%

County results Soto:      60–70% Liebnitzky:      50–60%

U.S. Representative before election Alan Grayson Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Darren Soto Democratic

See also: Florida's 9th congressional district

Democrat Alan Grayson had represented the district since being elected in 2012. He previously represented the 8th district from 2009 to 2011, prior to the decennial redistricting. On July 9, 2015, Grayson announced he would run for U.S. Senate in 2016 rather than seek re-election. Grayson lost the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate seat to 18th congressional district Representative Patrick Murphy, who defeated Grayson and was declared the winner on August 30, 2016.^[25]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Darren Soto, state senator^[127]

Eliminated in primary

• Valleri Crabtree, professor and former Chair of the Osceola County Democratic Committee^[128][129]
• Dena Minning Grayson, biochemist and medical doctor^[130][131]
• Susannah Randolph, district director for Rep. Grayson^[132]

Withdrawn

• Ricardo Rangel, former state representative (withdrew May 16)^[132][133]

Declined

• Val Demings, former Orlando Police Chief and nominee for the 10th district in 2012^[130][134]
• Alan Grayson, incumbent U.S. Representative (running for Senate)^[135]

Endorsements

Susannah Randolph

U.S. Representatives

• Jim Bacchus, former U.S. Representative^[136]
• Diana DeGette, U.S. Representative from Colorado's 1st congressional district and co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus^[137]
• Keith Ellison, U.S. Representative from Michigan's 5th congressional district^[138]
• Lois Frankel, U.S. Representative from Florida's 22nd congressional district^[139]
• Raúl Grijalva, U.S. Representative from Arizona's 3rd congressional district^[140]
• Barbara Lee, U.S. Representative from California's 13th congressional district^[141]
• Jerry Nadler, U.S. Representative from New York's 10th congressional district^[142]
• Mark Pocan, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district^[143]
• Jan Schakowsky, U.S. Representative from Illinois's 9th congressional district^[144]
• Patricia Schroeder, former U.S. Representative from Colorado's 1st congressional district^[132]

State legislators

• Mark S. Pafford, Florida House of Representatives democratic leader^[145]

Labor unions

• AFGE^[146]
• Air Line Pilots Association, International^[147]
• Florida Education Association^[148]
• National Education Association^[148]
• National Nurses United^[149]
• Teamsters^[150]
• UFCW^[151]
• UNITE HERE Locals 362 & 737^[152]
• United Association^[153]

Organizations

• Brady Campaign^[154]
• Clean Water Action^[155]
• Congressional Progressive Caucus^[156]
• Democracy for America^[157]
• EMILY's List^[158]
• Feminist Majority^[159]
• National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare^[160]
• National Organization for Women PAC^[161]
• National Women's Political Caucus^[162]
• People for the American Way^[163]
• Progressive Change Campaign Committee^[157]

Local officials

• Martha Haynie, Orange County Comptroller^[164]
• Viviana Janer, Osceola County commission chair^[165]
• Rick Kriseman, Mayor of St. Petersburg^[138]

Individuals

• Rita Bornstein, former President of Rollins College^[132]
• John Morgan, attorney^[132]

Darren Soto

U.S. Representatives

• Xavier Becerra, U.S. Representative (CA-34) and Chairman of the House Democratic Conference^[166]
• Brendan Boyle, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district^[167]
• Tony Cárdenas, U.S. Representative from California's 29th congressional district^[168]
• Gerry Connolly, U.S. Representative (VA-11)^[169]
• Luis Gutierrez, U.S. Representative (CA-34)^[170]
• Alcee Hastings, U.S. Representative (FL-20)^[171]
• Jim Himes, U.S. Representative (CT-04)^[172]
• Hakeem Jeffries, U.S. Representative from New York's 8th congressional district^[173]
• Scott Peters, U.S. Representative from California's 52nd congressional district^[174]
• Pedro Pierluisi, Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico^[175]
• Jared Polis, U.S. Representative (CO-02)^[176]
• Stacey Plaskett, delegate to the House of Representatives from the U.S. Virgin Islands^[177]
• Linda Sánchez, U.S. Representative from California's 39th congressional district^[177]
• Juan Vargas, U.S. Representative (CA-51)^[178]
• Filemon Vela Jr., U.S. Representative from Texas's 34th congressional district^[179]
• Nydia Velázquez, U.S. Representative (NY-07)^[180]

State legislators

• Randolph Bracy, state representative^[181]
• Oscar Braynon, state senator^[182]
• John Cortes, state representative^[183]
• Janet Cruz, Minority Leader of the house of representatives^[184]
• Bobby DuBose, state representative^[184]
• Dwight Dudley, state representative^[184]
• Joseph Geller, state representative^[184]
• Mia L. Jones, state representative^[184]
• Shevrin Jones, state representative^[184]
• Dave Kerner, state representative^[184]
• Larry Lee Jr., state representative^[184]
• Gwen Margolis, state senator^[182]
• Kionne McGhee, state representative^[184]
• Kevin Rader, state representative^[184]
• David Richardson, state representative^[184]
• Hazelle Rogers, state representative^[184]
• Irving Slosberg, state representative^[184]
• Cynthia Stafford, state representative^[184]
• Richard Stark, state representative^[184]
• Dwayne Taylor, state representative^[184]
• Alan Williams, state representative^[184]

Labor unions

• Florida Police Benevolent Association^[185]
• IBEW^[186]
• International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers^[186]
• International Association of Fire Fighters^[187]
• International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers^[186]
• IUPAT^[186]
• LiUNA^[188]
• Teamsters Local 2011^[189]
• UFW^[190] (post primary)

Organizations

• New Democrat Coalition^[191]
• Ocean Champions^[192]

Newspapers

• Orlando Sentinel^[193]

Local officials

• Brandon Arrington, Osceola County commissioner^[194]
• Donna Hart, former Mayor of St. Cloud^[194]

Individuals

• Dolores Huerta, labor leader & civil rights activist^[190] (post primary, endorsed Randolph during primary)
• Kenneth McClintock, former Secretary of State of Puerto Rico^{[195][lower-alpha 1]}

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Valleri Crabtree	Dena Grayson	Susannah Randolph	Ricardo Rangel	Darren Soto	Undecided
St. Pete Polls[196]	August 23, 2016	336 (LV)	± 5.3%	10%	33%	27%	–	19%	10%
Gravis Marketing (D-Grayson)[197]	June 10–13, 2016	554 (RV)	± 4.2%	–	31%	4%	–	11%	54%
SEA Polling & Strategic Design[198]	October 28–November 1, 2015	400 (LV)		–	6%	4%	1%	25%	54%

Results

Soto was declared the winner of the Democratic primary for the 9th District on August 30, 2016.^[25]

Democratic primary results ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Darren Soto	14,496	36.3
	Democratic	Susannah Randolph	11,267	28.2
	Democratic	Dena Grayson	11,122	27.8
	Democratic	Valleri Crabtree	3,093	7.7
Total votes			39,978	100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Wayne Liebnitzky, engineer^[128]

Eliminated in primary

• Wanda Rentas, vice mayor of Kissimmee^[199]

Declined

• Mike La Rosa, state representative^[200]

Results

Republican primary results ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wayne Liebnitzky	22,725	67.6
	Republican	Wanda Rentas	10,911	32.4
Total votes			33,636	100.0

General election

Results

Florida’s 9th congressional district, 2016 ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Darren Soto	195,311	57.5
	Republican	Wayne Liebnitzky	144,450	42.5
Total votes			339,761	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 10

2016 Florida's 10th congressional district election

← 2014 2018 →

Nominee Val Demings Thuy Lowe Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 198,491 107,498 Percentage 64.9% 35.1%

Precinct results Demings:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Lowe:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      >90% Tie:      50%

U.S. Representative before election Daniel Webster Republican Elected U.S. Representative Val Demings Democratic

See also: Florida's 10th congressional district

Republican Daniel Webster had represented the district since being elected in 2012. He previously represented the 8th district from 2011 to 2013, prior to the decennial redistricting. However, after redistricting made the 10th substantially more Democratic, Webster opted to run in the neighboring 11th District, which included a slice of his former territory.^[201]

Republican primary

Candidates

Geoff LaGarde^[202] withdrew his name from the race on June 24, and endorsed Thuy Lowe for the nomination. Lowe was declared the nominee, and no Republican primary was held.^[203]

Candidates

Nominee

• Thuy Lowe

Withdrawn

• Geoff LaGarde

Declined

• Daniel Webster, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Val Demings, former Orlando Police Chief and nominee for this seat in 2012^[134]

Eliminated in primary

• Fatima Fahmy, attorney^[204]
• Bob Poe, former chair of the Florida Democratic Party^[205]
• Geraldine Thompson, state senator^[206]

Endorsements

Val Demings

U.S. Executive Branch officials

• Barack Obama, President of the United States^[122]

U.S. Senators

• Chris Murphy, U.S. Senator from Connecticut^[207]

U.S. Representatives

• Tony Cárdenas, U.S. Representative from California's 29th congressional district^[208]
• Gabby Giffords, former U.S. Representative for Arizona's 8th congressional district^[123]
• Steny Hoyer, House Minority Whip^[209]
• Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader^[210]
• Nydia Velázquez, U.S. Representative from New York's 7th congressional district^[211]

Labor unions

• American Nurses Association^[212]
• IBEW^[213]
• International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers^[214]
• LiUNA Local 517^[215]
• SEIU^[216]
• Teamsters Local 385^[217]
• UFCW^[218]

Organizations

• Council for a Livable World^[219]
• EMILY's List^[220]
• National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare^[221]
• New Democrat Coalition^[191]

Newspapers

• Orlando Sentinel^[193]

Local officials

• Buddy Dyer, Mayor of Orlando^[222]

Fatima Fahmy

Individuals

• Cornel West, philosopher and political activist^[223]

Bob Poe

Organizations

• Central Florida Police Benevolent Association^[224]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[lower-alpha 2]	Margin of error	Val Demings	Fatima Fahmy	Bob Poe	Geraldine Thompson	Undecided
DCCC[225][upper-alpha 1]		402 (LV)	± 4.9%	48%	–	18%	18%	17%
Public Policy Polling (D)[226]	January 26–28, 2023	506 (LV)		44%	–	7%	24%	21%

Results

Demings was declared the winner of the Democratic primary for the 10th District on August 30, 2016.

Democratic primary results^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Val Demings	23,260	57.1
	Democratic	Geraldine F. Thompson	8,192	20.1
	Democratic	Bob Poe	6,918	17.0
	Democratic	Fatima Rita Fahmy	2,349	5.8
Total votes			40,719	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Val Demings (D)

Organizations

• Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee "Red to Blue" Program^[124]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[44]	Likely D (flip)	November 7, 2016
Daily Kos Elections[45]	Safe D (flip)	November 7, 2016
Rothenberg[46]	Safe D (flip)	November 3, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball[47]	Safe D (flip)	November 7, 2016
RCP[48]	Likely D (flip)	October 31, 2016

Results

Florida’s 10th congressional district, 2016 ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Val Demings	198,491	64.9
	Republican	Thuy Lowe	107,498	35.1
Total votes			305,989	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 11

2016 Florida's 11th congressional district election

← 2014 2018 →

Nominee Daniel Webster Dave Koller Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 258,016 124,713 Percentage 65.4% 31.6%

County results Webster:      60–70%      70–80%

U.S. Representative before election Rich Nugent Republican Elected U.S. Representative Daniel Webster Republican

See also: Florida's 11th congressional district

Republican Rich Nugent represented the district since being elected in 2011 (it was numbered as the 5th district from 2011 to 2013, prior to the decennial redistricting). He did not seek re-election.^[227]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Daniel Webster, incumbent U.S. Representative for the 10th district

Eliminated in primary

• Justin Grabelle, Rich Nugent's former chief-of-staff^[227]

Declined

• Rich Nugent, incumbent U.S. Representative

Results

Webster was declared the primary winner on August 30, 2016.^[25][201]

Republican primary results^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Daniel Webster	52,876	59.8
	Republican	Justin Grabelle	35,525	40.1
Total votes			88,401	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Dave Koller, businessman and nominee for this seat in 2014^[228]

General election

Results

Florida’s 11th congressional district, 2016 ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Daniel Webster	258,016	65.4
	Democratic	Dave Koller	124,713	31.6
	Independent	Bruce Ray Riggs	11,990	3.0
Total votes			394,719	100.0
	Republican hold

District 12

2016 Florida's 12th congressional district election

← 2014 2018 →

Nominee Gus Bilirakis Robert Tager Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 253,559 116,110 Percentage 68.6% 31.4%

County results Bilirakis:      60–70%      70–80%

U.S. Representative before election Gus Bilirakis Republican Elected U.S. Representative Gus Bilirakis Republican

See also: Florida's 12th congressional district

Republican Gus Bilirakis had represented the district since being elected in 2012. He previously represented the 9th district from 2007 to 2013, prior to the decennial redistricting.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Gus Bilirakis, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Robert Tager, attorney^[229]

General election

Results

Florida’s 12th congressional district, 2016 ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gus Bilirakis (incumbent)	253,559	68.6
	Democratic	Robert Matthew Tager	116,110	31.4
Total votes			369,669	100.0
	Republican hold

District 13

2016 Florida's 13th congressional district election

← 2014 2018 →

Nominee Charlie Crist David Jolly Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 184,693 171,149 Percentage 51.9% 48.1%

Precinct results Crist:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Jolly:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      >90% Tie:      50% No votes:

U.S. Representative before election David Jolly Republican Elected U.S. Representative Charlie Crist Democratic

See also: Florida's 13th congressional district

Republican David Jolly had represented the district since being elected in a special election in 2014. Jolly ran for the U.S. Senate, initially creating an open seat, though, on June 17, 2016, he withdrew from the Senate race to run for re-election to the House, citing "unfinished business."^[230]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• David Jolly, incumbent U.S. Representative^[230][231]

Eliminated in primary

• Mark Bircher, commercial pilot, retired United States Marine Corps Brigadier General, candidate for the seat in the 2014 special election^[232]

Declined

• Rick Baker, former mayor of St. Petersburg^[233]
• Jeff Brandes, state senator (running for re-election)^[234]
• George Cretekos, Mayor of Clearwater^[235]
• Bob Gualtieri, Pinellas County Sheriff (running for re-election)^[235]
• Frank Hibbard, former mayor of Clearwater^[235]
• Jack Latvala, state senator^[235]
• Susan Latvala, former Pinellas County Commissioner^[235]
• Ash Mason, former staffer to Sen. Marco Rubio^[236]
• Kathleen Peters, state representative and candidate for the seat in 2014^[235]
• Karen Seel, Pinellas County Commissioner (running for re-election)^[237]

Results

Primary election ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Jolly (incumbent)	41,005	75.1
	Republican	Mark Bircher	13,592	24.9
Total votes			54,597	100

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Charlie Crist, former Republican-turned-independent Governor of Florida, independent candidate for U.S. Senate in 2010, and Democratic nominee for Governor in 2014^[238]

Withdrawn

• Eric Lynn, political consultant and former White House Middle East policy adviser and Pentagon official (running for state house)^[239][240]

Declined

• Dwight Dudley, state representative^[241]
• Rick Kriseman, Mayor of St. Petersburg^[242]
• Mary Mulhern, former Tampa city councilwoman^[242]
• Darden Rice, St. Petersburg city councilwoman^[243]

Endorsements

Charlie Crist

• Kathy Castor, U.S. Representative^[244]
• Janet C. Long, Pinellas County Commissioner^[245]
• Wengay Newton, St. Petersburg City councilman^[245]
• Karl Nurse, St. Petersburg City councilman^[245]
• Darden Rice, St. Petersburg City councilwoman^[246]
• Alex Sink, former Chief Financial Officer of Florida, nominee for Governor of Florida in 2010, and nominee for this seat in 2014^[247]
• Ken Welch, Pinellas County Commissioner^[245]

Eric Lynn (withdrawn)

• Wanda Dudley, Mayor of Kenneth City^[246]
• Patricia Gerard, Pinellas County Commissioner^[248]
• Sam Henderson, Mayor of Gulfport^[246]
• Charlie Justice, Pinellas County Commissioner^[248]
• Rick Kriseman, Mayor of St. Petersburg^[248]
• Craig Sher, real estate developer^[248]
• Peter Rudy Wallace, former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives^[248]

General election

Endorsements

Charlie Crist (D)

Organizations

• Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee "Red to Blue" Program^[124]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	David Jolly (R)	Charlie Crist (D)	Undecided
St. Pete Polls[249]	October 10, 2016	1,280	± 2.7%	42%	48%	10%
St. Pete Polls[250]	September 18, 2016	739	± 3.6%	46%	42%	12%
Data Targeting (R-Jolly)[251]	September 8–10, 2016	300	± 5.7%	46%	46%	8%
ALG Research (D-Crist)[252]	July 12–17, 2016	501	± 4.4%	38%	50%	12%
St. Pete Polls[253]	June 9, 2016	746	± 3.6%	44%	44%	12%
Public Policy Polling (D-Crist)[254]	June 6–7, 2016	1,030	–	43%	46%	11%
McLaughlin & Associates (R-Jolly)[255]	June 1–2, 2016	400	± 4.9%	50%	38%	12%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[44]	Lean D (flip)	November 7, 2016
Daily Kos Elections[45]	Lean D (flip)	November 7, 2016
Rothenberg[46]	Lean D (flip)	November 3, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball[47]	Lean D (flip)	November 7, 2016
RCP[48]	Lean D (flip)	October 31, 2016

Results

Florida’s 13th congressional district, 2016 ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charlie Crist	184,693	51.9
	Republican	David Jolly (incumbent)	171,149	48.1
Total votes			355,842	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 14

2016 Florida's 14th congressional district election

← 2014 2018 →

Nominee Kathy Castor Christine Quinn Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 195,795 121,088 Percentage 61.8% 38.2%

Precinct results Castor:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Quinn:      50–60%      60–70% Tie:      50%

U.S. Representative before election Kathy Castor Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Kathy Castor Democratic

See also: Florida's 14th congressional district

Democrat Kathy Castor had represented the district since being elected in 2012. She previously represented the 11th district from 2007 to 2013, prior to the decennial redistricting. Businesswoman Christine Quinn challenged Castor as a Republican.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Kathy Castor, incumbent U.S. Representative

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Christine Quinn, businesswoman

Declined

• Mike Prendergast, former chief of staff to Governor Rick Scott and nominee for this seat in 2010^[256]

General election

Results

Florida’s 14th congressional district, 2016 ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kathy Castor (incumbent)	195,789	61.8
	Republican	Christine Quinn	121,088	38.2
Total votes			316,877	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 15

2016 Florida's 15th congressional district election

← 2014 2018 →

Nominee Dennis Ross Jim Lange Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 182,999 135,475 Percentage 57.5% 42.5%

County results Ross:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. Representative before election Dennis Ross Republican Elected U.S. Representative Dennis Ross Republican

See also: Florida's 15th congressional district

Republican Dennis A. Ross had represented the district since being elected in 2012. He previously represented the 12th district from 2011 to 2013, prior to the decennial redistricting. Jim Lange challenged Ross as a Democrat.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Dennis Ross, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Jim Lange, business consultant^[257]

General election

Results

Florida’s 15th congressional district, 2016 ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dennis Ross (incumbent)	182,999	57.5
	Democratic	Jim Lange	135,475	42.5
Total votes			318,474	100.0
	Republican hold

District 16

2016 Florida's 16th congressional district election

← 2014 2018 →

Nominee Vern Buchanan Jan Schneider Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 230,654 155,262 Percentage 59.8% 40.2%

County results Buchanan:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. Representative before election Vern Buchanan Republican Elected U.S. Representative Vern Buchanan Republican

See also: Florida's 16th congressional district

Republican Vern Buchanan had represented the district since being elected in 2012. He previously represented the 16th district from 2009 to 2013, prior to the decennial redistricting. Buchanan ran for re-election.^[258] Buchanan had previously considered running for the U.S. Senate instead.^[259]

Republican primary

If Buchanan had not run for re-election, potential Republican candidates expected to be interested in running included Senate Majority Leader Bill Galvano, State Senator Nancy Detert, former state senator Pat Neal, Manatee County Supervisor of Elections Mike Bennett, State Representative Greg Steube, and Sarasota Sheriff Tom Knight.^[259][260]

Candidates

Nominee

• Vern Buchanan, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• James Satcher

Results

Republican primary results^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Vern Buchanan (incumbent)	53,706	80.6
	Republican	James Satcher	12,900	19.4
Total votes			66,606	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Jan Schneider, attorney^[261]

Eliminated in primary

• Brent King, airline pilot

Results

Democratic primary results^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jan Schneider	31,387	76.2
	Democratic	Brent King	9,782	23.8
Total votes			41,169	100.0

General election

Results

Florida’s 16th congressional district, 2016^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Vern Buchanan (incumbent)	230,654	59.8
	Democratic	Jan Schneider	155,262	40.2
Total votes			385,916	100.0
	Republican hold

District 17

2016 Florida's 17th congressional district election

← 2014 2018 →

Nominee Tom Rooney April Freeman Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 209,348 115,974 Percentage 61.8% 34.2%

County results Rooney:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. Representative before election Tom Rooney Republican Elected U.S. Representative Tom Rooney Republican

See also: Florida's 17th congressional district

Republican Tom Rooney had represented the district since being elected in 2012. He previously represented the 13th district from 2007 to 2013, prior to the decennial redistricting. Rooney considered running for the U.S. Senate, but decided to run for re-election instead.^[262]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Tom Rooney, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• April Freeman, businesswoman and nominee for the 19th district in 2014^[263][264]

General election

Results

Florida’s 17th congressional district, 2016^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Rooney (incumbent)	209,348	61.8
	Democratic	April Freeman	115,974	34.2
	Independent	John W Sawyer, III	13,353	4.0
Total votes			338,675	100.0
	Republican hold

District 18

2016 Florida's 18th congressional district election

← 2014 2018 →

Nominee Brian Mast Randy Perkins Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 201,488 161,918 Percentage 53.6% 43.1%

County results Mast:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. Representative before election Patrick Murphy Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Brian Mast Republican

See also: Florida's 18th congressional district

Democrat Patrick Murphy had represented the district since being elected in 2012. On March 23, 2015, he announced that he would run for U.S. Senate rather than reelection, creating an open seat. Murphy defeated Alan Grayson in the primary on August 30, 2016, and faced Marco Rubio in the November general election.^[265][266]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Randy Perkins, founder and CEO of Ashbritt^[267]

Eliminated in primary

• Jonathan Chane, attorney^[268][269] (endorsed Perkins in general election)^[270]
• John Xuna, scientist, engineer and Independent candidate for 22nd district in 2002^[271]

Withdrawn

• Melissa McKinlay, Palm Beach County Commissioner^[272]
• Priscilla Taylor, Palm Beach County Commissioner and former state representative^[273][274]

Declined

• Joseph Abruzzo, state senator^{[275][276][277]}
• Dave Aronberg, Palm Beach County State Attorney and former state senator^[273][278]
• Jeff Clemens, state senator^[279] (endorsed McKinlay)^[280]
• Chris Dzadovsky, St. Lucie County Commissioner^[273]
• Dave Kerner, state representative^[281]
• Patrick Murphy, incumbent U.S. Representative (running for U.S. Senate)^[265]

Endorsements

Jonathan Chane

State legislators

• Wendy Davis, former Texas state senator (2009–2015) and Democratic nominee for Governor of Texas in 2014^[282]

Melissa McKinlay

State legislators

• Joseph Abruzzo, state senator^[283]
• Jeff Clemens, state senator^[280]
• David Kerner, state representative^[280]
• Jeremy Ring, state senator^[280]

Local officials

• Shelley Vana, Palm Beach County commissioner^[284]

Randy Perkins

U.S. representatives

• Alcee Hastings, U.S. representative from Florida's 20th congressional district^{[lower-alpha 3][282]}

Organizations

• Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee^[282]

Newspapers

• The Palm Beach Post^[285]

Results

Democratic primary results^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Randy Perkins	27,861	60.4
	Democratic	Jonathan Chane	14,897	32.2
	Democratic	Juan Xuna	3,394	7.4
Total votes			46,152	100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Brian Mast, former U.S. Army bomb technician^[286][287]

Eliminated in primary

• Carl J. Domino, former state representative and nominee for this seat in 2014^[288]
• Mark Freeman, physician^[289][290]
• Rick Kozell, attorney^[286]
• Rebecca Negron, Martin County School Board member^[291]
• Noelle Nikpour, Republican strategist and Fox News commentator^{[292][293][294]}

Withdrawn

• Tod Mowery, St. Lucie County Commissioner^[295][296]
• Rick Roth, farmer and former Vice President of the Florida Farm Bureau^[297]
• Paul Spain, financial advisor and nominee for the 22nd district in 2014^[298]
• Carla Spalding, MSN, RN and Navy veteran^[299] (independent candidate)

Declined

• Dan Bongino, former United States Secret Service agent, nominee for U.S. Senate from Maryland in 2012 and nominee for MD-06 in 2014^[300]
• Bill Castle, general counsel to Senator Orrin Hatch^[301][302]
• Gayle Harrell, state representative and candidate for 16th district in 2008^[303]
• Reed Hartman, former president of the Florida Farm Bureau's State Young Farmers and Ranchers Leadership Group^[276]
• Belinda Keiser, vice chancellor at Keiser University^[304]
• K.C. Ingram Traylor, radio show host and community advocate^[305]
• Stephen Leighton, former district director for U.S. Representative Tom Rooney^[303]
• Patrick Rooney, Jr., state Representative and brother of U.S. Representative Tom Rooney^[306]
• Rob Siedlecki, attorney and 2014 State House candidate^[273]
• Doug Smith, Martin County Commissioner^[303]
• William Snyder, Martin County sheriff and former state representative^[307]
• Calvin Turnquest, former Tequesta Councilman and candidate for the seat in 2014^[308]
• Gary Uber, businessman^[273]

Endorsements

Rick Kozell

U.S. representatives

• Lincoln Díaz-Balart, former U.S. representative from Florida's 21st congressional district (1993–2011)^[309]
• Mike Rogers, U.S. representative from Alabama's 3rd congressional district^[309]

Individuals

• Eric M. Javits, former United States Permanent Representative to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (2003–2009)^[309]
• George Lindemann, businessman^[309]

Rebecca Negron

Statewide officials

• Jeff Atwater, Chief Financial Officer of Florida^[310]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Carl Domino	Mark Freeman	Brian Mast	Rebecca Negron	Undecided
The Logit Group (R-Mast)[311]	August 4–7, 2016	364	± ?%	10%	18%	39%	19%	14%

Results

Republican primary results^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian Mast	24,099	38.0
	Republican	Rebecca Negron	16,242	25.6
	Republican	Mark Freeman	10,000	15.6
	Republican	Carl J. Domino	7,942	12.5
	Republican	Rick Kozell	4,334	6.8
	Republican	Noelle Nikpour	835	1.3
Total votes			63,452	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Randy Perkins (D)

Organizations

• Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee "Red to Blue" Program^[124]

Brian Mast (R)

Organizations

• National Republican Congressional Committee "Young Guns" Program^[312]

Debate

2016 Florida's 18th congressional district Republican & Democratic primary debates^{[lower-alpha 4]}

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Democratic	Democratic	Democratic
Key:  P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Carl J. Domino	Mark Freeman	Rick Kozell	Brian Mast	Rebecca Negron	Noelle Nikpour	Jonathan Chane	Randy Perkins	Juan Xane
1	Aug. 28, 2016	WPTV-TV	Michael Williams	[313]	P	P	P	P	A	P	P	A	P

2016 Florida's 18th congressional district debate

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Republican	Democratic
Key:  P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Brian Mast	Randy Perkins
1	Oct. 17, 2016	WPEC-TV Palm Beach North Chamber of Commerce	Liz Quirantes	[314]	P	P
2	Oct. 28, 2016	WPTV-TV	Michael Williams	[315]	P	P

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Randy Perkins (D)	Brian Mast (R)	Carla Spalding (I)	Undecided
McLaughlin & Associates (R)[316]	October 11–13, 2016	400	± 4.9%	40%	47%	6%	7%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[44]	Lean R (flip)	November 7, 2016
Daily Kos Elections[45]	Tossup	November 7, 2016
Rothenberg[46]	Tossup	November 3, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball[47]	Lean R (flip)	November 7, 2016
RCP[48]	Tossup	October 31, 2016

Results

Mast defeated Perkins in the general election.^[317]

Florida’s 18th congressional district, 2016^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian Mast	201,488	53.6
	Democratic	Randy Perkins	161,918	43.1
	Independent	Carla Spalding	12,503	3.3
	Independent	Marilyn Holloman (write-in)	9	0.0
Total votes			375,918	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 19

2016 Florida's 19th congressional district election

← 2014 2018 →

Nominee Francis Rooney Robert Neeld Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 239,225 123,812 Percentage 65.9% 34.1%

County results Rooney:      60–70%      70–80%

U.S. Representative before election Curt Clawson Republican Elected U.S. Representative Francis Rooney Republican

See also: Florida's 19th congressional district

Republican Curt Clawson had represented the district since being elected in a special election in 2014. He was mentioned as a potential candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2016.^[318] In May 2016, Clawson announced he would not seek a second term.^[319]

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Francis Rooney, businessman and former U.S. ambassador to the Vatican^{[320][321][322]}

Eliminated in primary

• Dan Bongino, former Secret Service agent and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2012 for Maryland^[323]
• Chauncey Goss, Sanibel council member and candidate for this seat in 2012^[324][325]

Declined

• Tom Grady, former state representative^[325]
• Paige Kreegel, state representative and candidate for this seat in 2012^[325]
• Tom Leonardo, Fort Myers Council member^[326]

Endorsements

Dan Bongino

U.S. Senators

• Ted Cruz, U.S. Senator from Texas and 2016 Republican presidential candidate^[327]

Forum

2016 Florida's 19th congressional district republican primary candidate forum

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Republican	Republican	Republican
Key:  P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Dan Bongino	Chauncey Goss	Francis Rooney
1	Aug. 22, 2016	Naples Daily News	Amy Oshier	[328]	P	P	P

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Dan Bongino	Chauncey Goss	Francis Rooney	Undecided
Remington Research Group (R)[329]	August 4–7, 2016	364	–	15%	29%	45%	11%

Results

Republican primary results^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Francis Rooney	46,821	52.7
	Republican	Chauncey Goss	26,537	29.9
	Republican	Dan Bongino	15,439	17.4
Total votes			88,797	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Robert Neeld^[330]

Declined

• April Freeman, businesswoman and nominee for this seat in 2014^[331]

General election

Results

Florida’s 19th congressional district, 2016^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Francis Rooney	239,225	65.9
	Democratic	Robert Neeld	123,812	34.1
	Independent	David Byron (write-in)	109	0.0
	Independent	Timothy John Rossano (write-in)	20	0.0
Total votes			363,166	100.0
	Republican hold

District 20

2016 Florida's 20th congressional district election

← 2014 2018 →

Nominee Alcee Hastings Gary Stein Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 222,914 54,646 Percentage 80.3% 19.7%

County results Hastings:      70–80%      80–90%

U.S. Representative before election Alcee Hastings Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Alcee Hastings Democratic

See also: Florida's 20th congressional district

Democrat Alcee Hastings had represented the district since being elected in 2012. He previously represented the 23rd district from 1993 to 2013, prior to the decennial redistricting. Hastings announced in November 2014 that he would run for re-election in 2016.^[332]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Alcee Hastings, incumbent U.S. Representative

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Gary Stein

General election

Results

Florida’s 20th congressional district, 2016 ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alcee Hastings (incumbent)	222,914	80.3
	Republican	Gary Stein	54,646	19.7
Total votes			277,560	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 21

2016 Florida's 21st congressional district election

← 2014 2018 →

Nominee Lois Frankel Paul Spain Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 210,606 118,038 Percentage 62.7% 35.1%

U.S. Representative before election Lois Frankel (22nd) Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Lois Frankel Democratic

See also: Florida's 21st congressional district

Democrat Ted Deutch had represented the district since being elected in 2012. He previously represented the 19th district from 2010 to 2013, prior to the decennial redistricting. Deutch considered running for the U.S. Senate, but decided to run for re-election instead.^[333] If Deutch had run for Senate, State Senator Joseph Abruzzo was interested in running for this seat.^[275]

As a result of 2015's statewide redistricting, incumbent Deutch effectively swapped seats with Lois Frankel, then incumbent of the 22nd District. Deutch would seek election to the 22nd District seat while Frankel sought election to District 21.^[334]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Lois Frankel, incumbent U.S. Representative

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Paul Spain

General election

Results

Florida’s 21st congressional district, 2016 ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lois Frankel (incumbent)	210,606	62.7
	Republican	Paul Spain	118,038	35.1
	Independent	W Michael "Mike" Trout	7,217	2.2
Total votes			335,861	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 22

2016 Florida's 22nd congressional district election

← 2014 2018 →

Nominee Ted Deutch Andrea Leigh McGee Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 199,113 138,737 Percentage 58.9% 41.1%

County results Deutch:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. Representative before election Ted Deutch (21st) Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Ted Deutch Democratic

See also: Florida's 22nd congressional district

Democrat Lois Frankel had represented the district since being elected in 2012. As a result of 2015's statewide redistricting, incumbent Frankel would effectively swap seats with Ted Deutch, the current incumbent of the 21st District. Frankel sought election to the 21st District seat while Deutch sought election to District 22.^[334]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Ted Deutch

Republican primary

Boca Raton businessman Joseph Bensmihen was challenging Frankel as a Republican.^[335] Physician Marc Freeman had also filed to run as a Republican, but switched to run in the 18th district.^[289]

Candidates

Nominee

• Andrea Leigh McGee

Withdrawn

• Joseph Bensmihen, businessman
• Marc Freeman, physician

General election

Results

Florida’s 22nd congressional district, 2016 ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ted Deutch (incumbent)	199,113	58.9
	Republican	Andrea Leigh McGee	138,737	41.1
Total votes			337,850	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 23

2016 Florida's 23rd congressional district election

← 2014 2018 →

Nominee Debbie Wasserman Schultz Joe Kaufman Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 183,225 130,818 Percentage 56.7% 40.5%

County results Schultz:      50–60%

U.S. Representative before election Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic

See also: Florida's 23rd congressional district

Democrat Debbie Wasserman Schultz had represented the district since being elected in 2012. She previously represented the 20th district from 2005 to 2013, prior to the decennial redistricting.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Debbie Wasserman Schultz, incumbent U.S. Representative^[336]

Eliminated in primary

• Tim Canova, attorney and professor at Nova Southeastern University^[337]

Declined

• Martin Karp, Miami-Dade School Board member^[338][339]

Endorsements

Tim Canova

U.S. Senators

• Bernie Sanders, U.S. Senator from Vermont and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate^[340]

Labor unions

• Communications Workers of America^[341]
• National Nurses United^[341]
• Transport Workers Union of America^[342]
• United Association of Pipefitters, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration^[343]

Organizations

• Democracy for America, progressive organization^[344]
• Mayday PAC, political action committee founded by Lawrence Lessig to help elect candidates to Congress to pass campaign finance reform^[345]
• National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, non-profit organization supporting the legalization of marijuana^[346]
• Progressive Democrats of America, progressive coalition^[347]
• Working Families Party, progressive minor political party^[348]

Newspapers

• The Miami Times^[349]
• The Westside Gazette^[350]

Individuals

• Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream^[345]

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

U.S. Executive Branch officials

• Joe Biden, 47th Vice President of the United States^[351]
• Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee^[352]
• Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States^[353]

Organizations

• Broward County Central Labor Council, local AFL–CIO body^[354]
• Broward County Council of Professional Firefighters, local firefighter union^[355]
• Congressional Black Caucus^[356]
• EMILY's List^[357]
• League of Conservation Voters^[358]

Newspapers

• Miami Herald^[359]
• Sun-Sentinel^[360]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Debbie Wasserman Schultz	Tim Canova	Undecided
Florida Atlantic University[361]	August 17–19, 2016	400	± 5%	50%	40%	10%
Global Strategy Group (D-Wasserman Schultz)[362]	July 31–August 1, 2016	400	± 4.9%	59%	26%	15%
FM3 Research (D-Canova)[363]	July 27–28, 2016	400	± 4.9%	46%	38%	16%

Results

Democratic primary results^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Debbie Wasserman Schultz (incumbent)	28,809	56.8
	Democratic	Tim Canova	21,907	43.2
Total votes			50,716	100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

• Joe Kaufman, counter-terrorism researcher, founder of Americans Against Hate, candidate for this seat 2012 and nominee in 2014^[339]

Eliminated in primary

• Marty Feigenbaum, attorney and public arbitrator for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority^[364]

Results

Republican primary results^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Kaufman	13,412	73.0
	Republican	Martin "Marty" Feigenbaum	4,948	27.0
Total votes			18,360	100.0

General election

Results

Florida’s 23rd congressional district, 2016^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Debbie Wasserman Schultz (incumbent)	183,225	56.7
	Republican	Joe Kaufman	130,818	40.5
	Independent	Don Endriss	5,180	1.6
	Independent	Lyle Milstein	3,897	1.2
Total votes			323,120	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 24

2016 Florida's 24th congressional district election

← 2014 2018 →

Nominee Frederica Wilson Party Democratic Popular vote Unopposed Percentage N/a

U.S. Representative before election Frederica Wilson Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Frederica Wilson Democratic

See also: Florida's 24th congressional district

Democrat Frederica Wilson had represented the district since being elected in 2012. She previously represented the 17th district from 2011 to 2013, prior to the decennial redistricting.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Frederica Wilson, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• Randal Hill, retired NFL player and former U.S. Homeland Security agent^[365]

Results

Democratic primary results^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Frederica Wilson (incumbent)	50,822	78.4
	Democratic	Randal Hill	14,023	21.6
Total votes			64,845	100.0

General election

Results

Democrat Frederica Wilson was unopposed in the general election.

Florida's 24th congressional district, 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Frederica Wilson (incumbent)	Unopposed	N/a
Total votes				N/a
	Democratic hold

District 25

2016 Florida's 25th congressional district election

← 2014 2018 →

Nominee Mario Díaz-Balart Alina Valdes Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 157,921 95,319 Percentage 62.4% 37.6%

County results Díaz-Balart:      50-60%      60-70%

U.S. Representative before election Mario Díaz-Balart Republican Elected U.S. Representative Mario Díaz-Balart Republican

See also: Florida's 25th congressional district

Republican Mario Díaz-Balart had represented the district since 2012. He previously represented the 21st district from 2011 to 2013, as well as a different version of the 25th from 2003 to 2011, prior to the decennial redistricting.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Mario Díaz-Balart, incumbent U.S. Representative

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Alina Valdes, physician^[366]

General election

Results

Florida's 25th congressional district, 2016 ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mario Díaz-Balart (incumbent)	157,921	62.4
	Democratic	Alina Valdes	95,319	37.6
Total votes			253,240	100.0
	Republican hold

District 26

2016 Florida's 26th congressional district election

← 2014 2018 →

Nominee Carlos Curbelo Joe Garcia José Peixoto Party Republican Democratic Independent Popular vote 148,547 115,493 16,502 Percentage 52.9% 41.2% 5.9%

County results Curbelo:      50–60%

U.S. Representative before election Carlos Curbelo Republican Elected U.S. Representative Carlos Curbelo Republican

See also: Florida's 26th congressional district

Republican Carlos Curbelo had represented the district since being elected in 2014.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Joe Garcia, former U.S. Representative^[367]

Eliminated in primary

• Annette Taddeo, businesswoman, nominee for 18th district in 2008 and nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 2014^[368]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Joe Garcia	Annette Taddeo	Undecided
GBA Strategies (D)[369]	July 11–14, 2016	400	± 4.9%	40%	38%	22%
Expedition Strategies (D-Garcia)[370]	May 10–13, 2016	400	± 4.90%	53%	28%	19%
ALG Research (D-Taddeo)[371]	April 2016	400	± 4.4%	48%	27%	25%
Public Policy Polling (D)[372]	January 15–18, 2016	441	–	34%	24%	42%

Debate

2016 Florida's 26th congressional district democratic primary debate

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Democratic	Democratic
Key:  P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Joe Garcia	Annette Taddeo
1	April 5, 2018	WPLG	Michael Putney	[373]	P	P

Results

Democratic primary results ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Garcia	14,834	51.2
	Democratic	Annette Taddeo	14,108	48.8
Total votes			28,942	100.0

General election

Endorsements

Carlos Curbelo (R)

Organizations

• National Republican Congressional Committee "Patriot" Program^[374]

Joe Garcia (D)

Organizations

• Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee "Red to Blue" Program^[124]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[44]	Tossup	November 7, 2016
Daily Kos Elections[45]	Tossup	November 7, 2016
Rothenberg[46]	Tossup	November 3, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball[47]	Lean R	November 7, 2016
RCP[48]	Tossup	October 31, 2016

Results

Florida’s 26th congressional district, 2016 ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Carlos Curbelo (incumbent)	148,547	52.9
	Democratic	Joe Garcia	115,493	41.2
	Independent	José Peixoto	16,502	5.9
Total votes			280,542	100.0
	Republican hold

District 27

2016 Florida's 27th congressional district election

← 2014 2018 →

Nominee Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Scott Fuhrman Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 157,917 129,760 Percentage 54.9% 45.1%

Precinct results Ros-Lehtinen:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Fuhrman:      50–60%      60–70%      70-80%      80-90%      >90% Tie:      50% No votes:

U.S. Representative before election Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican Elected U.S. Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican

See also: Florida's 27th congressional district

Republican Ileana Ros-Lehtinen represented the district since being elected in 2012. She previously represented the 18th district from 1989 to 2013, prior to the decennial redistricting.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

• David Adams
• Maria Peiro

Results

Republican primary results^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (incumbent)	30,485	80.5
	Republican	Maria Peiro	4,450	11.3
	Republican	David "Tubbs" Adams	2,945	7.8
Total votes			37,880	100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Scott Fuhrman, businessman^[375]

Eliminated in primary

• Frank Perez, US Army veteran^[376]
• Adam Sackrin, attorney^[377]

Results

Democratic primary results^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Scott Fuhrman	17,068	58.9
	Democratic	Frank Perez	7,087	24.5
	Democratic	Adam Sackrin	4,808	16.6
Total votes			28,963	100.0

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[44]	Likely R	November 7, 2016
Daily Kos Elections[45]	Safe R	November 7, 2016
Rothenberg[46]	Safe R	November 3, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball[47]	Safe R	November 7, 2016
RCP[48]	Likely R	October 31, 2016

Results

Florida’s 27th congressional district, 2016^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (incumbent)	157,917	54.9
	Democratic	Scott Fuhrman	129,760	45.1
Total votes			287,677	100.0
	Republican hold

See also

• 2016 United States House of Representatives elections
• 2016 United States elections

Notes

1. Article says lieutenant governor; the Secretary of State of Puerto Rico fulfills the same role
2. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear
3. Numbered as the 23rd district from 1993 to 2013
4. The video contains both, but the debates were not held simultaneously

Partisan clients

1. The DCCC supports Demings

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